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Fair Housing Enforcement and Changes in Discrimination between 1989 and 2000: An Exploratory Study

Year: 2005

Type: preprint

Abstract: Using paired testing data from the 1989 and 2000 Housing Discrimination Studies (HDS) and data on fair housing enforcement activities during the 1990s in the corresponding metro areas, we investigate whether 1989-2000 changes in the metropolitan incidence of racial/ethnic discrimination correlate with fair housing enforcement activity during the 1990s. We found that higher amounts of state and local enforcement activity supported by HUD through its FHIP and FHAP programs (especially the amount of dollars awarded by the courts) were consistently associated with greater declines in discrimination against black apartment-seekers and home-seekers. The evidence does not support similar conclusions for housing market discrimination against Hispanics where the level of enforcement is much lower.

Source: RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

Authors: Stephen L. Ross, George Galster

Language: English

Topic: Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

Funders: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Australian Government

OpenAlex ID: W1533755491

Cites: 23

Cited by: 11

Related to: 10